Bala Palani

Experience

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  Cognizant

  Jun 2016 - Jul 2017

  Programmer Analyst

  Roles Responsibilities:-----------------------------------------------------• Worked with a Banking and Financial Services Project (Capital Markets domain).• Responsible for gathering requirement for the client reporting and regulatory reporting.• Data Analysis with SQL Server.• Responsible for creating Functional design document and conduct walkthrough to the developers and testers.• Responsible for Unit Testing, UAT and delivery.

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  BNP Paribas

  Feb 2018 - Sept 2019

  Roles and Responsibilities:-------------------------------------------------------• Business Analyst in Capital Markets domain.• Subject Matter Expert for an internal BNP product.• Responsible for requirement gathering from the Client.• Responsible for translation of requirements and serving as the single point of contact for query resolution between Clients and Developers / Testers.• Responsible for conducting technical walkthroughs of requirements with developers and testers.• Responsible for impact analysis and root-cause analysis.• Responsible for documentation and generation of reports including Business Requirement Document, Functional Requirement Document, Impact Analysis, Use Cases and Test Cases.• Responsible for creating project artefacts for reference and conduct knowledge sharing sessions.Tools / Software Used:-------------------------------------------------------• HiPort for Fund Accounting, Fund Administration and Reporting.• pControl for pricing of funds.• Tradeflow for capturing trades.• Internal Registry System. Show less

  • Business Analyst

    Jul 2017 - Sept 2019

  • Business Analyst

    Feb 2018 - Apr 2018
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  Profile Software

  Oct 2019 - Jan 2022

  Product Consultant

  Roles and Responsibilities:-------------------------------------------------------1. Product Implementation / Project Management:• Product Consultant for an Investment Management Solution.• Responsible for Implementing the Investment Management Solution to wide array of clients from different domains which includes Asset / Wealth Managers, Custody firms, Insurance firms, Fund houses and Family Offices.• Responsible for managing the project delivery and quality assurance for our clients in MENA Region.• Responsible for Revenue generation through RFS by identifying the potential product gaps and proposing tactical solution to our clients.• Responsible for providing user training to the client.• Collaborating with clients frequently within the MENA Region.2. Business Analysis: • Responsible for gathering, analyzing and documenting the client's requirement and serving as a single point of contact for query resolution between Clients and Developers / Testers.• Responsible for creating project artefacts for reference and conduct knowledge sharing sessions.3. Presales:• Responsible for product demonstration to our prospective clients.• Responsible for collaborating with stakeholders to understand the requirement for providing the responses to RFI / RFP.• Responsible for market analysis to prepare the quality data for the product demonstration.• Responsible for creating POC and Presentations for clients and partners across the globe.Tools / Software Used:-------------------------------------------------------• Axia Suite and IMSplus Applications for the below operations; 1. Asset and Wealth Management. 2. Fund Management. 3. Custody Operations. 4. Trade Order Management. 5. Pre-Trade / Post Trade Compliance. 6. Portfolio Management. 7. Accounting. 8. Reporting (Investment, Regulatory, etc.,) 9. Customer Relationship Management (CRM) 10. Risk Management. 11. Family Office. 12. Registry / Transfer Agent. Show less

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  Mubadala

  Jan 2022 - Sept 2023

  Product Consultant

  • Responsible for managing the Implementations / changes of Business Applications such as FIS Integrity, eFront and DealCloud solutions• Mastery over identifying the potential gaps in the product and providing the strategic solutions• Expertise in creating the reports / dashboards based on the business requirements• Responsible to work with the Vendor technical team to manage the deliveries• Expertise in Driving the UAT session with the Business users• Ensuring the Quality by conducting the Functional Testing / Non Functional Testing of the Application Show less

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  Abu Dhabi Pension Fund

  Sept 2023 - now

  Business Solution Specialist